The average person has no clue this is happening. Or what it could mean. We have tariffs that are certain to increase the price of food. We are losing/will lose agricultural workers either through deportation or because they won't go to work because they're afraid. And someone who wants to make a name for himself is ordering the release of water out of reservoirs so he can catch a soundbite. "See, I said I'd get water flowing to LA". Wonder what he'll say this summer if the farmers don't have water for crops. Can't wait to see who he blames for the results.

@Piano-Dad said in Tariffs (and other stuff), or hey @PianoDad: The latest bit of lunacy, courtesy of Piano*Son ... https://bsky.app/profile/dhfeldman.bsky.social/post/3lh36mewzps2r Once again, I'm speechless.

The SHOKZ OpenRun SE is on sale again in Costco. Now I am seeing it listed at $75 on Costco website.

I have trouble too, sometimes. So frustrating. I like that old Lithuanian saying.

@wtg said in "Make peace or die" deepfake: how Trump might try for a third term Anyone who thinks this isn't his intention is absolutely fooling themselves.

oh thanks for this!

wtg, no worries.

I need one for the local burro races in Colorado. Each runner has a donkey they he/she takes over a mountain pass and back. There are rocky, gravel passes, not the paved ones. The cheering crowd always uses the same cheer, "Get your *** over the pass!!!

I expect them to start digging their own graves soon. Hope they don't take the country down with them.

Chuckled. Then it sank in.

Is there a banjo and player on the boat? Riverboats need banjos. Glad you are toasty and warm. Hope you have a great time.

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Lol, Ax!

@RealPlayer said in 16 acres. Big house. 200K: Well, it is along the NY Thruway, central NY, but still not a place folks are moving to…yet. There’s a real migration of NY City people to upstate, at least the Hudson Valley. And some action around Albany. Artists and musicians! That surprised me. Hudson River towns, they’re becoming unaffordable. True, but as you probably know the Truway is built over the ancient Iroquois south to north road. It's only two lanes unless they've changed it. It has no streetlights and very few gas stations. It's the only way to drive from NYS if you want to go to Albany. I've driven it many times to Albany in Winter. You'd better be sure your tank is full and hope your car doesn't break down. People with money in NYC have many better options for a house in the country. I don't know anything about Montgomery County but I can't imagine there's the kind of economic opportunity that would support renovating this house considering the cost of gutting the interior and most likely starting from scratch with the wiring and plumbing not to mention the exterior renovation. It could happen for all I know but it doesn't seem likely.

Kind of a low bar…